4 - Do you think that the use of American military force when it is aligned with American security interests is more effective than a purely humanitarian intervention with no compelling US security interests? Does a compelling security interest in any manner taint a US military action?
I would like to see your answers to post #77, posited by dirtboy. Thanks.
3 - Bush received considerable criticism for taking out Saddam without UN approval (despite the fact that apparently the French and the Russians were in bed with Saddam and his oil-for-food bribes). Now some of the same critics are blasting Bush for not intervening in Sudan, even though the UN is blocking any significant action and actually has Sudan on its Human Rights Commission. Do you believe that the UN has any credibility left after the oil-for food scandal and their inability to act in Sudan after dropping the ball in Rwanda? Do you think the Bush critics are being hypocritical by comparing Sudan and Iraq? Do you think the folks who blast Bush for attacking Iraq without final UN approval should also be blasting Clinton in retrospect for attacking Yugoslavia without UN approval?
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To start with, I would point out one major difference: thousands of people are being massacred a day as I write this in Sudan, a massacre that could be easily ended by a countervailing military presence. While Saddam did indeed massacre thousands (are Freepers aware that the biggest massacres came against Shiites who rose up against Saddam at the bidding of the U.S. after the first Gulf War, after which we chose to sell the Shiites out?), no such massacres were in operation last March when we invaded. that's why it was called a "preemptive" invasion.
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4 - Do you think that the use of American military force when it is aligned with American security interests is more effective than a purely humanitarian intervention with no compelling US security interests? Does a compelling security interest in any manner taint a US military action?
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I'm confused by the question. Is your implication that liberals only favor intervention where there is no compelling U.S. security interest? Please clarify.
Did he ever answer? I haven't had time to review the 1000 plus posts. Please let me know if and when he responds because I feel that you asked excellent questions.